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Flea Lives John Donne Explore O Stay Spare

Front John Donne The Flea
Explore:
'O stay, three lives in one flea spare,
Where we almost, yea more than married are.' x4
Back •Caesura + theatrical exclamation
•subliminally persuasive as rhyme scheme ABAB until line 7 rhyming triplet, reiterating 'three (lives)' structurally
•Religious imagery 'three lives' 'married'
•His, her's and the flea's lives alludes to the Holy Trinity 

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